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Field Activity Details for field activity L0112SC

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AKA: none

Other ID: L-01-12-SC

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Tsunami Hazards, Modeling, and the Sedimentary Record (ZP00ES5)

Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Richmond

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Steve Watt

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Visual Identification: Ground Truthing

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Document evidence of past tsunami deposition along the CA coast.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 2012-02-02

End Date: 2012-02-28

Equipment Used: Handheld GPS, Push corer, Other

Information to be Derived: Age and distribution of paleotsunami deposits

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: sample location on InfoBank

Staff: Bruce Jaffe, Bruce Richmond, Steve Watt

Affiliate Staff:
Robert Peters
Rick Wilson
Robert Leeper

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bruce Richmond
Bruce Jaffe
Steve Watt
Robert Peters
Eileen Hemphill - Haley
Rick Wilson
Robert Leeper

Location:

Coastal CA: Pt Reyes - San Diego

Boundaries
North: 35.75 South: 32.25 West: -122.25 East: -114.25

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Handheld GPS --- Navigation
Push corer --- Surveys (geochemical)
Surveys (biological)
Biology
Geology
l-01-12-sc.onoff.sample (handheld GPS locations of samples)
Other --- --- ---

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